It’s a new day for church mergers.
They may be called by many names but the core idea is two or more churches becoming one through the combining, integrating and unifying of people, structures, systems, and resources to achieve a common purpose: doing life and ministry together as a vibrant, healthy expression of Christ’s body, the Church.
The merging of churches is a delicate dance where one leads and the other follows. Most church mergers need a facilitator that both congregations can trust, who knows how to facilitate the delicate conversations that has to occur for a successful merger. There are many potential benefits of a church merger, but there are many landmines to step on and potholes to fall into on the merger journey.
Is there a merger in your future? Take a few moments to answer the diagnostic questions below to see if a merger may be in your future. If so, contact us.
- How would you categorize your church—strong, stable, stuck or struggling? Are you dissatisfied with that status?
- Is your church stable, stuck or struggling and dissatisfied with that status?
- Is your church growing and in need of more space?
- Could your church mission be accomplished better through a merger with another church?
- Is your church without a pastor or having difficulty finding one?
- Has your church been approached by another church to consider merging?
- Does your church want to merge with another church but needs some help in getting started?
- Is your church facing financial challenges, unable to meet its financial obligations or maintain its facilities?
- Could your local community be better served by merging with another church?
- Is your church currently multisite or open to becoming a multisite church?
- Could the kingdom of God be further extended by merging with another church?
If you could answer “yes” to any of these questions, your church may be a good candidate to merge with another church.
